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Hunting in your living room

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A must have for the hunter in the family. This game makes you want to go out and buy a hunting license. Very realistic game with real life hunting situations. I like the idea that you can choose different regions to hunt. Plus all the accessories and different firearms you can use. That keeps the game from becoming boring. The graphics are pretty darn good too. Give this game a try. I think you will like it.

Husband loves it, great christmas gift!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this one for my husband for Christmas, and we both love it - for the price, I am amazed at the quality of the game both in terms of graphics and addictive gameplay.

Hunting has never been all that interesting to me, but after playing this game, I'm actually considering going out on a real hunt - it's not just about killing animals, but about strategy, wilderness know-how, and adventure. I did not have the problem with loading time that the other review mentioned (it loads in a few seconds for me?), and found that the strict rules (such as shooting at buildings, trying to hunt animals that are out of season, etc) to be add an educational element that I find very reassuring as a mother. I encourage my son to play the game, knowing that he will learn about hunting "by the book", and would certainly rather see him play this than some of the real violent games out there.

For myself, I find the game to be very pretty - it really does look like the great outdoors, the water shimmers, the trees move in the wind, the weather and sky change over time, and the sounds of animals in the distance are very engrossing.

5 out of 5 - nice work Cabela's!

Pretty darn good!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game because I read about it in Xbox Magazine - they gave it a really good score and the review was promising. Boy were they on target! The graphics in this game are outstanding, just outstanding. I've never seen water that realistic, or seen games where the grass and trees look so real!

Gameplay is fun, very much a hunting sim though - if you don't have any patience, you might not like it, because the deer are pretty sensitive and if you don't hunt the right way (with sents and stuff) you'll never catch one.

Sounds are OK. Bubbling water was the best, and the random sounds of animals in the distance.

All around good hunting simulation, strategy needed, outstanding visuals.

Activision is writing the good reviews!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't be fooled by the long detailed and positive reviews. Donna Johnston from NY is listed in the credits of all the Cabela titles as the QA Lead. Why is she giving her review on the games she worked on which you see on every Cabela game? It looks like Activision is paying their employees to write reviews for them. This game has poor graphics and is tedious and boring. There are much better hunting games out there. Don't waste your money on their falsely advertized garbage.

A decent deer hunting game with great outdoor feel!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Overall it's a fun game, though the intense A.I. of the deer is a bit much. Of course that is why it's so realistic. As an avid deer hunter I did find it odd that it always has the deer take off 80 miles and hour if you shoot and miss. In real life sometimes when you shoot and miss, they don't move at all!

I found the use of the 4 wheeler, well, really not that useful. The steering on it is not the best, you should be able to slow the thing down and make some sharp turns, but this thing has 2 speeds: Not moving and moving, so you tend to overcorrect at the wrong times when you are manuevering and end up hitting rocks. Also, is there a game out there that doesn't make a 1-foot by 1-foot sagebrush inpenetrable? I think it's pretty unrealistic not to be able to run over the brush if it's short.

The non-game animals add absolutely nothing to this game, always annoyingly running around with the deer and such. In real life you are not concerned or even paying attention to some dog-sized rodent and anyone that would shoot one "by mistake" belongs in a sanitarium!

Who's body is the game using as the hunter, John Candy? My hunter cannot run 20 feet without panting, then needing to rest, then within an hour of the hunt he's practically burned out. I know not every deer hunter in real life is a Special Forces Scout but give me a break...anyone this out of shape in real life should be at the gym getting in shape and not out hunting! They should supply, as an extra feature, and oxygen mask for you're out of breath, weak-bodied hunter.

The game does have excellent cinematic appeal and makes you feel like you are right there in those very canyons, plains, and valleys, surrounded by the sweet song of mother nature and a beautiful view of the wilderness. I know a lot of people love the game so I would say rent it (2005 is out now of course) and keep your eye out for perhaps other deer hunting games to try.

Made in Romania!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Do they even have hunting or know anything about it in Romania? They cleary don't know much about it which explains why your run out of breath after five seconds in the game and have to walk painfully slow 90% of the time. Also you can walk around while you shoot which my dad would kick my ass for doing. It turns out Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004, and Cabela's Dangerous Hunts for the Playstation 2, Xbox, and PC versions are all made in Romania. No wonder Sunstrom, the originator of the game went out of business here in Indiana. I was so pissed I returned this pile of garbage. Any self respecting American should do the same, or not buy any of these games in the first place. You think they could at least make a hunting game in the states. I'm going to wait for Deer Hunter on the Playstaion 2 which is made in the good ole U.S.A. plus the PC version is way better than Cabela's.

Your character is way too feeble and down right slow!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are nothing short of amazing in every way.
However, the following other important aspects of this game would probably dissapoint most in a matter of hours.
1. Your character gets "winded" after running for only about 6 seconds...(His name should be Marlboro Man).
2. Driving a vehicle raises your bloodpressure to dangerous levels with ease by blinding you with bushes and trees when you are trying to go anywhere.
3. The getting rescued thing that happens everytime you slip and fall, wade in a lake, roll a vehicle or get run-down by a varmint gets old real quick(you loose all progress for that season).
Unless you have nerves of steel and are on antidepressants...I'd give it a miss mate!

Worth a try!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Wow - just wow. The graphics in this game are better than some of the top titles out right now, and for half the price, that ain't bad.

To the person having trouble running - the hunter you choose has stats. If you pick a hunter with low strength he can only carry a certain amount of weight, you probably have too many heavy items in your backpack. I think this is pretty realistic, and I really like that the stats actually effect the game.

LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....LOADING....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game is very frustrating. With the default equipment you get tired very quickly with every character. I know they are trying to be realistic but realistically you would need a truck to carry half the basic set of equipment. You get tired just walking up a little hill and you walk extremely slow most of the time. The hunting areas are really small, it is like hunting in somebody's backyard. You can easily trap the animals against the hills and they run in circles until you kill them, which is not much of a challenge. You also have to wait for the game to load all the time. You walk just a few hundred feet and then have to wait for the LOADING..... To further add to the frustration, you frequently slide down the smallest hill and it says you are too injured to go on, and yes, you guessed it, more of that LOADING.... Also, if you walk or slip into the water you can't get out and guess what, yes, you guessed it again, LOADING.... Like if that was not enough, you will get in trouble for shooting near a building. You do it twice and, oh, the suspense is killing you, I know it.... LOADING..... ARRRGAHHH!!!! I could go on, and, well, I think I will. When you use the vehicles they are really hard to drive. Most of the time I get stuck in trees or drive off a cliff or into the water and LOADING.... They should change the name of this game to Cabela's LOADING.... All I wanted to do was some hunting. My final thought is RETURNING.....

Made in Romania!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Do they even have hunting or know anything about it in Romania? They cleary don't know much about it which explains why you run out of breath after five seconds in the game and have to walk painfully slow 90% of the time. Also you can walk around while you shoot which my dad would kick my ass for doing. It turns out Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004, and Cabela's Dangerous Hunts for the Playstation 2, Xbox, and PC versions are all made in Romania. No wonder Sunstrom, the originator of the game went out of business here in Indiana. I was so pissed I returned this pile of garbage. Any self respecting American should do the same, or not buy any of these games in the first place. You think they could at least make a hunting game in the states. I'm going to wait for Deer Hunter on the Playstaion 2 which is made in the good ole U.S.A. plus the PC version is way better than Cabela's.

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